Jung Bahadur Rana

Jung Bahadur Rana (18 June 1817-25 February 1877) was Prime Minister of Nepal from 15 September 1846 to 1 August 1856 (succeeding Fateh Jung Shah and preceding Bam Bahadur Kunwar) and from 28 June 1857 to 25 February 1877 (succeeding Bam Bahadur and preceding Ranodip Singh Kunwar).

Biography
Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana was born in Balkot, Nepal on 18 June 1817, and he came from a powerful family; he was the brother of Dhir Shamsher Rana. In 1846, while serving as a Nepalese general, he killed an attempted usurper and took control of the government; the Rana family would rule Nepal until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making the Prime Minister and other key government positions hereditary for members of the Rana family. Rana eliminated the factional fighting at court, innovated the government, and strove to modernize Nepal. His reign was tyrannical and corrupt, and he supported the British in quelling the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. He died in 1877 at the age of 59.